Rathmines SchoolNational Archives was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899.National Library of Ireland In all 2,190 pupils attended the school.Trove
The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the school and headmaster for over 40 years was Reverend Dr Charles William Benson.
Notable pupils
Edward Vaughan Boulger (1846– 11 August 1910), Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871 Henry Horatio Dixon FRS (19 May 1869, Dublin – 20 December 1953, Dublin) plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin. Evelyn Charles Hodges (8 August 1887 – 18 March 1980)Deaths The Times Monday, 24 Mar 1980; pg. 28; Issue 60583; col B Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1943The Times, Thursday, 4 Feb 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49461; col C Ecclesiastical News Irish Bishop Consecrated to 1960The Bishop Of Limerick To Retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, 28 Jul 1960; pg. 12; Issue 54835; col F and died on 18 March 1980. John Joly FRS (1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919)The Times, 6 August 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42171; col E, Obituary. The Bishop Of MeathBishop of Meath from 1897 to 1919 Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert (3 August 1876 in Dublin, Ireland – 21 April 1959 in Dublin)Cricket Archive profile cricketer. Hugh Jackson Lawlor (11 December 1860 – 26 December 1938) priestHe was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin from 1924 to 1933 > The Times, Thursday, 9 Mar 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46388; col D Ecclesiastical News The Dean of St Patrick’s to resign and authorAmongst others he wrote "Chapters on the Book of Mulling", 1897; "Thoughts on Belief and Life", 1900; "The Reformation and the Irish Episcopate", 1906; "Essays on the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Cæsarea", 1912; "St Malachy of Armagh", 1920; "The Martyrology of Tallaght ", 1931; and"The Deaneries of St. Patrick’s" > British Library website accessed 20:42 GMT 14 February 2017 Walter Frederick Osborne(17 June 1859 – 24 April 1903) artist Arthur Alcock Rambaut (21 September 1859 – 14 October 1923) astronomerObituary, The Observatory, Vol. 46, pp. 326-327 (1923) Daniel Frederick Rambaut (6 August 1865 – 30 November 1937) psychiatrist'Obituary', Journal of Mental Science, January 1938 and rugby playerDaniel Rambaut rugby player profile scrum.com
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